How sick do you need to be to not go to work?

mawk · 10-02-2013 06:05PM

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

Im Paid salary. So I get paid for work done in a year not hours spent in a week. I work about 5-10 hours extra on normal hours every week and I dont get paid for this due to being paid a flat rate.

among the benefits of that, is sick pay. I get a number of days per year that if im sick, I get paid. Ive never been out sick because the work still just piles up, but Its nice to know I have the security.
so yes, some people should be paid for not being in work

I also get a set number of holiday days per year as opposed to having to work them up.

Best username ever · 10-02-2013 06:05PM

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

I have been absent once for a week since I started in my place 3 years ago. Was in hospital. Rarely get more than the sniffles so no need to pull sickies.

I think I've rang in sick once in the last 10 years, and I was in a complete jock. I have been sent home as being too sick to work two other times. I hate any kind of blemish on my working record, it always goes against you, no matter what they say.

10-02-2013 06:06PM

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

Absolute bull sh*t. We aren't slaves. Everyone should be entitled to a certain amount of paid sick leave.

admiralofthefleet · 10-02-2013 06:07PM

extremely. a couple of years ago in a pub i was in i called in sick once in 7 tears because i thought i had swine flu. if i went sick there was no food available in the pub so it wasnt an option

R0ot · 10-02-2013 06:07PM

I need to be pretty much immobile otherwise I'll work. If I am sick I won't go into the office though as what's the point of making others sick.

miller50841 · 10-02-2013 06:08PM

mawk wrote: »

Im Paid salary. So I get paid for work done in a year not hours spent in a week. I work about 5-10 hours extra on normal hours every week and I dont get paid for this due to being paid a flat rate.

among the benefits of that, is sick pay. I get a number of days per year that if im sick, I get paid. Ive never been out sick because the work still just piles up, but Its nice to know I have the security.
so yes, some people should be paid for not being in work

I also get a set number of holiday days per year as opposed to having to work them up.

One thing Iv'e learnt working for many many years without taking any sick days you do not get any thanks for it.

I know it seems mad but really do take the days you can because we will all be working for free soon enough the way things are going,

mark renton · 10-02-2013 06:09PM

HTML5! wrote: »

Edit: for the record I'm a contracter and I don't get paid for sick days.

To be fair though, me little sister can write HTML, you have to go in to keep ur job.

Oh hai · 10-02-2013 06:12PM

I had ecoli last year (though didn't know until I was starting to get better!) and still went to work. To be fair it nearly killed me, I've never been so ill and it was stupid of me to go to work but it's given me the ultimate "remember when I was close to death's door and I still came to work" trump card with my boss now if I ever fancy a day off! People that take days off when they have a cold annoy me, suck it up and get on with it ya lazy wuss!

Odysseus · 10-02-2013 06:13PM

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

Ah come on, a total blanket ban on all sick leave? On what grounds?

carlmango11 · 10-02-2013 06:15PM

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

That's ridiculous. People shouldn't have to worry about their income just because of inevitable human sickness. It's the 21st century.

MMAGirl · 10-02-2013 06:17PM

There was a virus going through my work place for the last couple of months. When you get it you actually cant move for a week. even after another week or two you are still panting at the slightest exertion. Even walking up the stairs has your heart doing 90 and you are out of breath.

4 people have been off for a week each over the last 2 months and the boss was going mad accusing us of being wasters and making it up and that people werent really sick and he never had a sick day in his life. So much so that one guy stayed in even though he looked like he was going to die and was no good to anybody. The boss got it 2 weeks ago and was laid out longer than anyone else. Still not back to work yet. You have to laugh.

If he wasnt such an idiot and let people stay home when sick then it wouldnt spread.

GreeBo · 10-02-2013 06:18PM

Oh hai wrote: »

People that take days off when they have a cold annoy me, suck it up and get on with it ya lazy wuss!

You mean the people that try to prevent spreading it all around the office ultimately costing the company far more?
Yeah, good point.

kfallon · 10-02-2013 06:20PM

Best username ever wrote: »

I hate any kind of blemish on my working record, it always goes against you, no matter what they say.

How does it? I've had about 3 sick days in the last 4 years, nobody has ever mentioned them to me at all (had gout a couple of years ago and couldn't walk)

If you are taking the piss with sick days then yes it will go against you but if someone is ill I'd rather they stay at home rather than pass it on to half the office.

Oh hai · 10-02-2013 06:20PM

GreeBo wrote: »

You mean the people that try to prevent spreading it all around the office ultimately costing the company far more?
Yeah, good point.

People get colds all the time, take a few days off everytime you get a cold? Even if you do spread it to one or two people it's hardly the flu!

kfallon · 10-02-2013 06:21PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

extremely. a couple of years ago in a pub i was in i called in sick once in 7 tears because i thought i had swine flu. if i went sick there was no food available in the pub so it wasnt an option

I contracted swine flu in work.....lazy swine flu :pac:

GreeBo · 10-02-2013 06:23PM

Oh hai wrote: »

People get colds all the time, take a few days off everytime you get a cold? Even if you do spread it to one or two people it's hardly the flu!

If I spread it to more than 1 person then they will do the same, thats everyone getting it pretty sharpish, thats an issue. Especially if you work with customers directly.

blade1 · 10-02-2013 06:24PM

Oh hai wrote: »

I had ecoli last year (though didn't know until I was starting to get better!) and still went to work. To be fair it nearly killed me, I've never been so ill and it was stupid of me to go to work but it's given me the ultimate "remember when I was close to death's door and I still came to work" trump card with my boss now if I ever fancy a day off! People that take days off when they have a cold annoy me, suck it up and get on with it ya lazy wuss!

That trump card probably won't work!
In my 26 years of working I have noticed that the more you do,the more you are expected to do.
Also the wasters are not expected to do much!(feckers!!!)

mawk · 10-02-2013 06:26PM

mark renton wrote: »

To be fair though, me little sister can write HTML, you have to go in to keep ur job.

Does she get sick?

Odysseus · 10-02-2013 06:27PM

GreeBo wrote: »

You mean the people that try to prevent spreading it all around the office ultimately costing the company far more?
Yeah, good point.

Or those of us who work with people who are sick and we don't want to add to their illness by giving the patients/clients our illnesses.

Best username ever · 10-02-2013 06:33PM

kfallon wrote: »

How does it? I've had about 3 sick days in the last 4 years, nobody has ever mentioned them to me at all (had gout a couple of years ago and couldn't walk)

If you are taking the piss with sick days then yes it will go against you but if someone is ill I'd rather they stay at home rather than pass it on to half the office.

I've worked for multinational companies in the tech industry and they tend to grade absenteeism in percentages, which is directly connected to your pay rise etc..

I currently work for a large MNC and they do the same.

Rasheed · 10-02-2013 06:36PM

A cold is a cold, take a Panadol and don't sneeze on people in work.

Anything more serious or more infectious, yeah stay at home and don't be bothered with the 'Im so hard, I gave birth earlier today and I'm here now' crowd. If your genuinely sick, get better at home and go back when you're well.

whiteandlight · 10-02-2013 06:44PM

Colds are infectious too. They may only give you some sniffles, but if you come in contagious what's to say the person you give it to doesnt have some underlying condition that you cause to flare up? I have cough varient asthma. Stay the hell away from me at home if you have a cold, a head cold for me results in steroids and sick leave

mark renton · 10-02-2013 07:13PM

mawk wrote: »

Does she get sick?

we dont allow sick in my family - in the last 5 years I have had no sick days and no holidays - I have had roughly 15-20 days off for college exams

sick days are for soft people

tenton · 10-02-2013 07:15PM

mark renton wrote: »

sick days are for soft people

or people in soft jobs, according to all evidence. "PUBLIC servants took twice as much sick leave as private sector workers last year\"

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sickies-in-public-service-twice-that-of-private-sector-26798438.html

Odysseus · 10-02-2013 07:33PM

tenton wrote: »

or people in soft jobs, according to all evidence. "PUBLIC servants took twice as much sick leave as private sector workers last year\"

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sickies-in-public-service-twice-that-of-private-sector-26798438.html

Do you post about anything else? In the last 7 hours you have posted 7 anti PS posts.

What is wrong with our public servants?

tenton · 10-02-2013 07:37PM

nothing wrong with many of them...just that some of them have a tendency to take a lot of sickies unecessarily and the rest of us take up the slack / pay for them

kfallon · 10-02-2013 07:39PM

Best username ever wrote: »

I've worked for multinational companies in the tech industry and they tend to grade absenteeism in percentages, which is directly connected to your pay rise etc..

I currently work for a large MNC and they do the same.

I work for a very large Financial Services Company and I have never heard of them mentioning absenteeism. In fact a mate of mine was out for months with depression and they went out of their way to integrate him back into the company. Think he even got a bit of a bonus in his first month back as it was annual bonus time in the company even tho he hadn't been there for about 9-10 months.

RhubarbCrumble · 10-02-2013 07:52PM

If I don't go to work, there's no one else there to do it and it has to be done next day. Given that I have to be in set places on set days, not a good idea. If I ring in sick the only person it causes a problem for is myself

woodoo · 10-02-2013 07:52PM

kfallon wrote: »

l (had gout a couple of years ago and couldn't walk)
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Too many steaks.

efb · 10-02-2013 07:53PM

Kidney Failure- so we're all good for tomorrow

How sick do you need to be to not go to work?

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